The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-06
New Publications.

New Publications.
FROM ID. Appleton & Co. we have re-
ceived A Zealot in Tulle," a novel by
Mrs. Wildrick price fifty cents: and from
the same publishers, "The Master of Cere-
monies" novel, by George Manville Fem.
OUR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN and BABY
LAND for April are full of bright and at
tractive things for the young folks. the il
Illustrations being among the finest in Ameri-
can art Bdbytond, fifty cents a year;
OW Little Men and Women, S1OO. Pub
lished by ID. Lothrop & Co., Boston.
THE OPEN COURT is new fortnightly
publication issued at Chicago. 1t welcomes
free thought, apparently on all subjects, but
ITS initial number gravitates toward phlo-
sophie and social problems mainly. 1t con-
tains papers on Society and the Indi-
vidual, 1" The Need for Free-thought Edu-
cation" " The Basis of Ethics, ~" Monism in
Modern Philosophy and the Agnostic Atti-
tude of Mind and similar subjects.
LEE x SHEPARD have issued Foes of Her
Household" by Amanda NJ. Douglas, a very
pretty story of fair and innocent young
girl, who is yet strong in her sense of right
and justice The story opens at small
place in Italy, and with an accident which
finally results in throwing the two young
people together whose marriage entirely
changes the future of the young girl in a
way of which she did not dream 1t is a
very well-written story and holds the reader
to the end.
"THE Story of the Merrimac and the
Monitor" the first of General Adam Ba-
deau's War Stories for Boys and Girls"
with its graphic descriptions and spirited
illustrations, is one of the prominent fea-
lures of the April 81. Nicholas Another,
but of a more peaceful type. is charming
article on Harrow-on he-Hill." number
nj ha 6 n l;,I,C .l l.,
which Mr.. and Mrs. Pennell's graceful
pencil and pen are making so attractive to
American boys and girls.
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIsT for April.
1887 offers its readers a remarkable variety
of interesting and instructive matter per-
tanning to the farm, garden hearth and
household. The front page engraving pre-
sents several spirited Florida scenes another
full-page illustration portrays two noted
types of English peasants. Some fifty
smaller original engravings are devoted to
various animals, plants, implements, barn
and house plants, etc. The number is re-
plete with articles of interest.
FROM Lee & Shepard, Boston. comes
Young Peoples History of Ireland" writ
ten by George MakepeaCe Towle, well
known by his former histories, which cover
large extent of ground, comprising many
of the countries of Europe and Asia Now
that Ireland is claiming so much of the at
tention of the world, this little volume, which
gives a clear and succnct narrative of its
past, is particularly seasonable. Without
porting over long accounts of battles and
their results and the minutia of political
events, good idea can be obtained of all
the causes that have brought that unhappy
country into its present unenviabe condi-
ton.
ScRIBNER's MAGAZINE for April contains
the first installment of the " Unpublished
Letters OF Thackeray," and they will be
found OF great interest. A fine portrait of
Thackeray is given. Ex-Mnister Wash
burne concludes his interesting Remnis-
cences of the Siege and Commune of Paris ~
with a graphic account of the downfall of
the commune and its destructive effects.
In science paper upon american Ele-
plant Myths" by Professor w. b. Scott.
deals with the mastodons. Professor A. S.
Hill offers some excellent suggestions upon
the teaching of English in our Colleges. !"
The serials are of less interest than the
short stories. Poems are contributed by
Miss Edith NJ. Thomas, Julia G. r. Dorr,
Charles Edwin Markham and Elyot Weld
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, pub
fishers.
THE COSMOPOLITAN for April published
by Schicht & Field Co., Rochester, n. Y,
is unusually excellent, both from an artistic
and literary point of view. There is a beau
tiful frontispiece entitled "A Mohammedan
at Prayer" it accompanies Emile billiards
handsomely illustrated and very attractive
article on Life Beneath the Crescent"
Frank q. Carpenters article on "Uncle
Sans Bookcase" descriptive of the ma
tional library; the article on "Mme. de
Chevreuse, by James Breck Perkins, the
author of France Under Richelieu and
Mazarin," who describes the dramatic ca
reer of remarkable Frenchwoman; Harold
Bridges article on " American Patricians
and Plebians" these are among the articles
of permanent worth in this number. The
fiction, household and young folks depart
ments are not the least interesting features
of the number.
HARPER's MAGAZINE for April opens with
a descriptive article by Edward Kirke on
=" The Southern Gateway of the Allegha-
MES, and with the help of fine illustrations
he make evident the growth of the city of
the New South. " 1t is the Southern women
who have made the New South" he says
A long description of 1.-THE Comedic Fran
caise," by Theodore Child, is accompanied
by some brilliant illustrations The first
part of descriptive serial, Through the
Caucasus" by Ralp Meeker, brings out the
interesting features of Russian life Charles
Dudley Warner opens some fair and just
" Mexican Notes." in which he represents
the squalor as well as the beauty of the
country. Among the miscellaneous articles
How Working-men Live in Europe and
America" by Lee Merriwether, is an inter-
esting view of contrasting conditions. The
stories and other contents are of the usual
interest
ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH, an Introduction
to English Grammar for the use of schools.
BY George Hodgdon Kicker, A NJ. The In-
terstate Publishing Company, Chicago and
Boston. Price thirty cents. The author
who ventures into the much titled field of
textbooks on English grammar should be
something more than theorist or even
grammarian, The author says This little
book has been written with the hope of
making this branch of school study less
difficult more attractive aud more useful to
young pupils. The work is elementary. 1t
is designed to be used in the lower grades
of schools, and to prepare the pupil for the
study of larger works on language and
grammar" An examination of the book
shows the authors claim to be correct as to
the matter it contains The most striking
feature seems to be its simplicity and yet
its fullness. The whole subject il gone
over within the compass of a hundred pages
and more than half the space is occupied
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